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Originally Posted by rkomar
I've also been trying hard to explain why saying that something isn't a "real book" isn't an insult, but it's falling on deaf ears. So be it, be insulted then. I'm giving up trying to keep you from that.
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That's sort of like saying, "I keep explaining why it's not an insult when I call them *****s, but they insist on being insulted by it anyway."
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Silly arguments about "real" books aside, I think one of the real benefits of physical books is the empowerment they give the child in the discovery process.
Unlike DiapDealer, pre-readers and early readers don't read reviews to select their next book - they look at the covers. When I take my daughter to the library, there's about a 50/50 chance that the book she picks will be one of the books on display and not one that is catalogued and shelved neatly, despite there being 20 times as many books to pick from on the shelf.
With physical books, a child of any ability can find a book on a shelf, go over to Mom or Dad and say "read this". That's much more natural than getting Mom's iPad, typing in her password (
), navigating to the kindle app and scrolling through the covers to find the one they want. Ebooks have a noticeable friction that physical books don't, which is easy for adults and strong readers to overcome, but much less so for younger children.